jpdb beta

to serve; to work for; to attend

3

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

only; just

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

3

lucky; fortunate

1

cheat; swindler

1

regular customer; valued client

1

jest; joke; funny story

4

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

4

in the future; another day; later

3

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

4

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

2

limit; bound

1

to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

1

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

3

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

advance payment; money paid in advance

2

call; visit

1

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

1

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

2

money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

3

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

4

leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

1

audience; spectator; spectators

12

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

3

watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)

2

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

2

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

3

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

4

blunder; (careless) mistake; error

4

elementary; basic; rudimentary

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

2

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

2

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

2

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

6

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

1

black hair

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

2

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

2

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

1

smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

1